Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Coming Soon: Creative Cooks 298 Atlantic Avenue (between Smith and Hoyt), Boerum Hill; 917-922-3898 Want to train your kids to start making your Sunday brunch as soon as they’re tall enough to operate the stove? Well, you can start ’em young at Creative Cooks, a new cooking school that has Mommy & Me classes for…
Coming Soon: Creative Cooks
298 Atlantic Avenue (between Smith and Hoyt), Boerum Hill; 917-922-3898
Want to train your kids to start making your Sunday brunch as soon as they’re tall enough to operate the stove? Well, you can start ’em young at Creative Cooks, a new cooking school that has Mommy & Me classes for toddlers and after-school “Tastemaker” courses for kindergarteners through 8th graders. They’re also gearing up for a week-long mini-camp and field trips to places like the Park Slope Food Co-Op and Brooklyn Chinatown. This past spring, the school’s owner, Emily Rios, taught a highly recommended Mommy and Me class and two after-school classes at Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture building in Park Slope. Her new space will officially open June 1st, and Creative Cooks will be hosting open houses on June 4th and 11th at 6:30 p.m.
No Tacos at the Ball Fields Yet…
Vendor’s Committee director Cesar Fuentes told the Porkchop Express that it’ll be a few weeks before the Latin American food vendors set up shop on the Red Hook ball fields: “We cannot start until the city approves our permits [and these are] being processed as we speak. Unfortunately, that can still take a couple more weeks before we are given a go. Realistically speaking, we can probably expect to open Mid-June.” (Until then, you can get Rafael and Fernando’s huaraches and pupusas, and the Vaqueros’ grilled corn and fruit at the Flea.)
Pomme de Terre Gets 3 Stars
1301 Newkirk Avenue (near Argyle Road), Ditmas Park
“I loved an appetizer of crispy squid, defiantly greaseless and paired with a tangy lemon aioli. A moist branzino comes whole and stuffed with a fistful of fennel, lemon and dried tomatoes. And there is a first-rate croque-monsieur stacked with gooey Gruyere and paper-thin shavings of ham. But what makes this French staple so distinguished is the brioche, which tastes like a savory rendition of French toast.” [NYDN]
After the jump: Schnack’s pending rent issues, goings-on in Greenpoint, and food news bites from Prospect Heights, Red Hook, Coney Island, and Crown Heights…
Schnack Attack
“It looks like the story of Red Hook hot dog and burger favorite Schnack didn’t end with its shutter last month. According to some new signage, owner Jim Mamary (also owner of a vast number of establishments throughout the BK including Pomme de Terre, the Farm on Adderley, and the new Oyster Bar) and his co-owners owe the landlord upwards of $11,000 in back rent.” [Eater]
Goings-On in Greenpoint
The Brooklyn Paper says that Original Soup Man, “which was an exciting addition to the humdrum dining options on its stretch of Manhattan Avenue,” has closed up shop. Word on the street is that their high-priced $10 soup bowls “were the kiss of death.” Meanwhile, NewYorkShitty checks out the new Greenpoint spot, Papasito’s: “If what I saw late this afternoon was any indication, it may very well be a hit! …Per a tipster the food was plentiful, good and crazy cheap.”
Quick Bites Around the Borough
TONY reports that “eco-friendly ice cream shop” Blue Marble has opened a second location at 186 Underhill Avenue (between St. Johns and Sterling Place) in Prospect Heights and that Brooklyn Ice House is officially open in the old Pioneer Bar space in Red Hook — they’re serving up 30 bottled beers and “Pioneer’s smokers still pump out brisket and pulled pork.” In Coney Island, Gowanus Lounge hits up Beer Island, and Bottomless Dish checks out Franklin Park, the new beer garden in Crown Heights.
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ya know, i was just thinkin’ that i wanted to know a whole lot more about yum yum chefs. hey jonny, hate to say this but the trolls are winning … i check the site a lot less often cause i can’t be bothered to page through a bunch of cut-and-paste jobs.
Dang. I was hoping to hit the ball fields before the Ikea opens and it becomes impossible to go near Red Hook.
I just tried the Blue Marble on Atlantic for the first time and it was really good. Great place. Also a nice backyard.
Everyone should try the fare at a new catering biz called Yum Yum Chefs owned by a young up and coming female entrepreneur. Her company offers cooking lessons and catering services and she is a classically trained chef. They are located in DUMBO. They deliver and their cupcakes are delicious. Here is their website if anyone is interested.
http://www.yumyumchef2.com/cupcakes.html
What the heck are “those non white working class people who have lived here for -generations” shopping for in those bodegas besides soda, beer, loose cigarettes and those mystery little bags from behind the counter?
The prices in those crappy bodegas are no better then the prices in the (non organic) Grocery stores in the area or the specialty stores (like the Mexican food store or the Tibetan run store).
12:29 PM do you even live in the area? How many of those crappy bodegas do you use to feed yourself and your family (if you have one?) REAL meals? There is no way to put together a balanced meal from the contents of any of those bodegas, they are not contributing to the community so don’t try and make it seem like they are. You can get a better selection of fresh fruit and vegetables from the crazy 99 cent store near the Cortelyou Q then you can from any of the numerous crappy bodegas along Cortelyou.
I have dined twice now at Pomme de Terre and it was superb on both occasions. I still can’t over a place *this good* opening in this location. A ballsy move on the part of the owners, one that will pay off big time in my opinion, both for them and for the neighborhood.
It’s very close to the Newkirk Avenue Q station, if anyone wants to give it a shot. I suggest making a reservation though.
The new Monty Q’s at 90 Livingston is now open.